Sarrusophone
Sarrusofón
- Date
- 1856 · confidence high
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Pierre-Louis Gautrot
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A family of double-reed, conical-bore metal woodwind instruments patented by French maker Pierre-Louis Gautrot to replace oboes and bassoons in military bands.
What it led to
- Metal double-reed wind instruments
- Modern military and marching bands
- Innovation in wind-instrument manufacturing
- 20th-century orchestral and band repertoire